Best from the Archive: Improving Literacy in the Middle Grades with Kyair Butts

from Better Teaching: Only Stuff That Works · host Gene Tavernetti

Kyair Butts, Baltimore City Public Schools Teacher of the Year, discusses improving literacy in the middle grades and a successful low-cost professional development program that teachers enjoyed and employed. Follow Kyair and his students in action at on: X: @kyairb Instagram: @MrK_bcpss This podcast sponsored by: The Bell Ringer, a weekly newsletter providing news, tools, and resources on the science of learning, written by education reporter Holly Korbey. Subscribe here.

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